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President Donald Trump, right, looks at Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they take place for a family photo, during the G20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires, on Nov. 30, 2018. Global leaders gather in the Argentine capital for a two-day G20 summit beginning on Friday likely to be dominated by simmering international tensions over trade. Juan Mabromata, AFP/Getty Images

President Donald J. Trump looks toward Russian President Vladimir Putin as the attend the international ceremony for the Centenary of the WWI Armistice of Nov. 11, 1918 at the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, France on Nov. 11, 2018. Heads of State and Government commemorate their fallen soldiers in France. Pool photo by Ludovic Marin

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and US President Donald Trump as they attend a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Nov. 11, 2018 as part of commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the November 11, 1918 armistice, ending World War I. Pool photo by Ludovic Marin, AFP/Getty Images

US President Donald Trump sits opposite Russian President Vladimir Putin during lunch at the Elysee Palace during the occasion of the commemoration ceremony of the 100th anniversary since the end of The First World War on Nov. 11, 2018 in Paris, France. Heads of State from around the world gather in Paris to commemorate the end of the First World War. Guido Bergmann, Bundesregierung via Getty Images

US President Donald Trump, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk as they make their way to take the "family photo" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on Nov. 11, 2017.
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US President Donald Trump, left, chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on Nov. 11, 2017.
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US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they pose for a group photo ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit leaders gala dinner in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on November 10, 2017. Mikhail Klimentyev, AFP/Getty Images

US President Donald Trump tosses a soccer ball to his wife first lady Melania Trump after Russian President Vladimir Putin presented it to him during a news conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland on July 16, 2018. Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a soccer ball to U.S. President Donald Trump, left, during a press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. Alexander Zemlianichenko, AP

US President Donald Trump, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and others wait for a working lunch meeting at Finland's Presidential Palace on July 16, 2018 in Helsinki, Finland. The US and Russian leaders opened an historic summit in Helsinki, with Donald Trump promising an "extraordinary relationship" and Vladimir Putin saying it was high time to thrash out disputes around the world. Brendan Smialowski, AFP/Getty Images

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, pose for a photograph at the beginning of a one-on-one meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald J. Trump shake hands as First Lady Melania Trump looks on during their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland on July 16, 2018. Pool photo by Alexey Nikolsky

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP

President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office of the White House, Jan. 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. Also pictured, from left, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Vice President Mike Pence, White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, Press Secretary Sean Spicer and National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. On Saturday, President Trump is making several phone calls with world leaders from Japan, Germany, Russia, France and Australia. Drew Angerer, Getty Images

President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for about 15 minutes without a U.S. note taker or translator at the G-20 summit in November, The Financial Times reported Tuesday.

Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, sat with Putin and his interpreter at a table in the Buenos Aires opera house at the end of an event held there as part of the summit. They were among the last people to leave the theater, according to the Times.

The White House previously said Trump and the first lady "had a number of informal conversations with world leaders at the dinner" that night, "including President Putin." But the Times reported that "people familiar with the conversation said it appeared longer and more substantive than the White House has acknowledged."

An unnamed Russian government official told the newspaper that Trump and Putin spent about 15 minutes discussing when they could meet formally, the conflict in Syria and an incident where Russia seized three Ukrainian navy vessels in the Black Sea.

The two leaders had been scheduled to meet at the gathering in Argentina, but Trump canceled, citing the Russian naval aggression. Putin said he shared his side of the incident with Trump when they spoke at the summit, the Russian news agency TASS reported.

In response to The Financial Times report, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, "Putin had a host of sporadic contacts on the sidelines of the summit."

Peskov added that it "is absolutely none of our concern who had and didn’t have a translator there. President Putin’s translator is with him all the time."

The Washington Post reported this month that Trump went to "extraordinary lengths" to keep details from his conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin secret, including taking the notes from his meeting with Putin at the 2017 G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. That report prompted fresh calls from Democratic lawmakers for Trump's interpreter to testify before Congress.

The reports of Trump's efforts to keep the content of his talks with Putin secret has further fueled suspicion among his critics who fear he is somehow compromised by the Kremlin. Trump has dismissed such theories as a "hoax" and said his administration has been tougher on Russia than his predecessors.

Peskov said the suspicions raised by Trump's talk with Putin are merely "the media’s hysteria."

"In each and every case that concerns Trump, a completely and truly frenzied slant is apparent, which is not based on any real facts as a rule," Peskov said, echoing a claim often made by the president himself.